German words and their meanings

5.8 Commonly Used Adjectives List in German

ähnlich – similar, alike

allgemein - general

alt - old

amerikanisch - American

bekannt – well known

besondere - special

letzte - last

meiste - most

modern - modern

möglich - possible

nächste - next

nahe, nah - near, close

besser - better

beste - best

bestimmt - definite, certain

deutlich - clear

deutsch - german

direkt - direct, straight

eigen - own

einfach - simple, easy

einzeln - individual

einzig - only, single

eng - narrow, close

englisch - english

entscheidend - decisive

erste - first

europäisch - european

falsch - false, wrong

fertig – done, ready, finished

frei - free

fremd - foreign, strange

früh - early

ganz - complete, pretty, absolute

gemeinsam - common, mutual

genau - exactly

gering - small, low

gesamt - whole, entire

gewiss - certain

neu - new

normal - normal

notwendig - necessary

offen - open

öffentlich - public

persönlich - personal

politisch - political

praktisch - practical

privat - private

rein - pure, clean, clear

relativ - relative

richtig - correct

rund - round

schlecht - bad

schnell - fast

schön - beautiful, good, pleasant

schwer - difficult, heavy

schwierig - difficult

selten - rare

sicher - safe, secure, certain

sozial - social

spät - late

speziell - special, specific

ständig - constant

stark - strong

tatsächlich - real, actual, in fact

gleich - same, right away, just

gleichzeitig - simultaneous

groß - big, large, great

gut - good

häufig - frequent

hoch - high, tall

interessant - interesting

international - international

jährig - years (old)

jung - young

klar - clear

klein - small, little

kein - no

kurz - short

lang - long

langsam - slow

leicht - light, easy

technisch - technical

tief - deep

tot - dead

unterschiedlich - different, variable

verschieden - different, diverse

voll - full

völlig - complete

wahr - true

wahrscheinlich - probably

weiß - white

weitere - additional

wesentlich - essential, fundamental

wichtig - important

wirtschaftlich - economic, financial

wissenschaftlich - scientific, scholarly

zusätzlich – additional

5.9 Commonly Used Adverbs List in German

allein, alleine - alone

allerdings - however, certainly

also - so, therefore

anders - different

auch - also, too

außerdem - besides, in addition

jetzt - now

jeweils - each, each time

kaum - hardly

leider - unfortunately

lieber – rather, to prefer

manchmal - sometimes

bald - soon

beispielsweise - for example

bereits - already

besonders - especially

bisher - until now

bitte - please

bloß - merely, simply, just

da - there

danke - thanks

dann - then

dennoch - nevertheless

derzeit - at present, currently

deshalb - for that reason

doch - but, still, Of course!

dort - there

eben – even, just now

ebenfalls - likewise

ebenso - just as, as much as, as well

eher - earlier, more likely

eigentlcih - actually

einmal - once

endlich - finally, at last

erst - first, only, not until

etwa - about, approximately

fast - almost

mehr - more

meist - mostly

mindestens - at least

natürlich - naturally, of course

nie - never

noch - still, yet

nochmal - again

nun - now

nur - only

nicht – not, no, don’t

oft - often

plötzlich - suddenly

schließlich - in the end, finally

schon - already

sehr - very

so – that, thus, this way, such

sofort - immediately

sogar - even, in fact

sonst - otherwise

teilweise - partlly

trotzdem - nevertheless

überhaupt - at all, generally

unbedingt - absolutely

unten – down, below

vielleicht - perhaps, maybe, possibly

früher - earlier

gar - at all

genug - enough

gerade - at the moment

gern, gerne – gladly, to like

gestern - yesterday

heute - today

hier - here

hinaus - out, beyond

immer - always

insbesondere - especially

insgesamt - in all, altogether

inzwischen - in the meantime

irgendwie - somehow

irgendwo – somewhere

je - ever, each

jedenfalls - in any case, anyways

jedoch - however

vorher - earlier, beforehand

warum - why

weit - widely, far

weiter - further

wieder - again

wirklich - really, actually

wobei – whereby

wohl - well

ziemlich - quite, fairly

zudem - moreover, besides

zuerst - first

zugleich – at once, at the same time

zuletzt - last, in the end

zumindest - at least

zunächst - first, at first, for now

zusammen - together

zuvor – before, prior

zwar - indeed, to be precise